He is an enigmatic, almost silent figure. He is not expected to be at White
Hart Lane tomorrow to watch the Barclays Premier League team in which he
holds a majority stake take on their fiercest rivals.

Instead, he will be watching from the other side of the Atlantic. Despite
investing hundreds of millions of pounds in the club, he rarely attends
matches. He is not even, by all accounts, a particularly passionate football
fan.

His sporting interests lie elsewhere: in golf, primarily. He counts some of
the most famous names in that discipline — including Tiger Woods and Ernie
Els